DGM
More Than This
Chapter 23
Determination
Tryde raised his sword and pointed it at Kumari as Tyki held his side, bending over, and heavily breathing. Lulubell's arm turned into the white whip and Wisely watched, completely entertained. Mightra stared, waiting for the perfect time too strike as Kumari stood still, trembling, but if it was just anger was unknown. Everyone else in the Order was stunned. Not sure what to say or what to do. How could they elp if Kumari would attack anything that breathed and they couldn't afford to lose the golem. Kumari raised her head and stared at Tryde. He smiled as he cahrged and she swiftly moved to the side and her hand grabbed his sword. He tried to pulled it away, but her grip on it was too strong. Then it cracked and shattered. He was shocked by this, but smirked and swung it at her as she dropped her arm and the sword pieced back together.
Kumari looked down at the sword in her side and pulled it out. Tryde jumped backwards as Lulubell came and tried to hit her with the whips. She grabbed one and flung her across the dome and the wind started to pick up. Tyki stood up and raised his hands. His tease came out and went towards Kumari. Kumari released Lulubell and flames engulfed the whole area in the dome, but stayed on the ground. The Noahs jumped up into the air and the flames disappeared as the tease dropped, burnt to a crisp. "This is getting harder and harder." Tyki stated.
"She's uses all the elements of nature. What do you expect?" Tryde said as they landed on the ground.
"I'm not complaining. It is quite thrilling." Tyki said.
Kumari stared at the Noahs and blood came out of her mouth. They stared at her hands and the light was getting more tainted as the seconds went by. "If she becomes a fallen one it'll be harder to get the innocence." Lulubell claimed.
"Then we can chop off her hands." Tryde said.
"We just need to immobilze her long enough to get the innocence from her." Tyki said.
"Chopping off her hands would be easier." Tryde said.
"If it were that simple I would've told you to do so earlier." Tyki responded.
"Then why not shape into someone she knows?" Tryde suggested.
"She doesn't reconize anyone. She attacked her own comrade minutes ago. Weren't you paying attention?" Tyki replied.
"I'm just givng ideas seeing how no one else is coming up with one." Tryde told him.
Kumari raised her hand and water came out of the soil and lightning was being attracted it. They formed and twisted together. It got bigger and bigger and she sent it flying at them and they quickly got out of the way, but unforunately for Wisely, he wasn't fast enough. It hit him and he screamed and the other Noahs stared at him, wide eyed. He tried to move, but he couldn't do much. Kumari's hand balled into a fist and Wisely screams got louder. Tyki held Kumari in place while Tryde charged and pierced her stomach with his sword. The water fell to the ground and the lightning sparked on Wisely every now and then. A gust of wind sent Tryde and Tyki in other directions. She took the sword out of her stomach then threw it at Tryde. It landed near his head and then Lulubell came from behind and wrapped her whips around Kumari and bashed her into the ground repeatedly.
Wisely panted as he fell to his knees on the ground. His ashen skin was darker and he glared at Kumari. He wasn't the fighting type and if that went on much longer he would've died. Mightra looked down at him and Wisely continued to glare at Kumari. When Lulubell released Kumari Tryde came and was about to cut Kumari's head off, but a streak of lightning hit him and he went in the other direction. Kumari stood up and the wind picked up again. It circled her and it got faster and faster and faster until a tornado formed. Using her fingers, she moved it in several directions and the exorcists put their arms to their heads so they could cover their eyes. "Where is this power coming from?" Allen shouted.
"WHen she gets angry her innocence completely unlocks itself and goes to all limits to protect her. As long as she is angry she'll continue like this. Is the Noahs don't kill her then her innocence will because it'll soon drain her own energy until it reaches her life energy. That will take some time, but if this continues, she'll become a fallen one long before that." Bookman explained.
"Kumari can't become a fallen one. She can't." Lenalee said as she fell to her knees, hands on the water dome.
"Isn't there a way to calm her down or make her realize what she's doing?" Krowley asked.
"I don't think so." Lavi said, remembering the last time she flared up in anger.
"We need to get in there." Kanda said.
"If we could we would already be in there." Allen responded.
"There's one thing we haven't tried." Marie told him.
"Huh?"
"Underground." Kanda stated as he took mugen out.
Kanda ran his fonger from the handle to the tip and it glowed. Using his hell insects, he dug into the ground, but what they found was shocking. The water dome went underneath the ground! The hell insects came back up and hit Allen who flew into a tree. "That was so much help." Allen mumbled.
"I'm afraid the only way we're getting in there is if she breaks the dome herself or the flames dry up the water." Bookman told them.
Lavi stared at Bookman then back at the scene. Ice, wind, water, earth, fire, lightning. Each one counters at least another. She would have to keep balance for each of them to move them around together. So she would have to have enough strength to hold the dome up and use all of the other elements. Once she uses one though, the small elements around the area disappear. But hwo could he use this?
The water came from the soil and combined with the wind to create a hurricane. The Noahs grouped together and they were all soaked and not just because of their own blood. The hurricane was coming right at them and they didn't know what to do. Kumari stared at the ground and moved her fingers around as if she were weaving a web. She was gritting her teeth and blood continued to come out of her mouth. Just as the hurricane was about to hit the Noahs it vanished and Kumari looked up at the sky and screamed. She held her head and hunched over. Flames came out of nowhere and created a small fire dome of her, but when it disappeared a few streaks of lightning hit her. Everyone was stunned by this as she cried out in pain. When the lightning vanished she started to fall, but her hand touched the ground and the glow coming from her gloves got bigger and darker.
Her nails dug into the mud and pain was clearly seen on her face. Tryde took her moment of weakness and spun his sword around in his hand then threw it at her. Just as it was about to hit her she caught it inbetween the blade of the sai. They had just came out of nowhere and she stopped it with one sai. She forced it back and Tryde ducked and a few pieces of hairs fell to the ground. "Her own innocence hurt her." Tyki astonished.
"Her innocence is killing her." Kanda stated as Kumari coughed up blood.
Kumari raised her hand to wipe the blood from her mouth and stared at her blood. She then gazed at the Noahs. She slowly paced towards them and the sais glowed like earlier and wind circled them as flames formed on the metal. As like earlier, she turned the other one into water, but unlike last time, lightning circled that one. She raised them over her chest and created an X. She started spinning them and then threw them in two different directions, but they continued spinning and then met, forming a four element torpedo. You would honestly think they would all counter each other out and back fire on itself, but it actually didn't. Kumari somehow managed to keep each element balanced out. The torpedo hit all the Noahs like pins, but not without paying Kumari her own price. Once the sais hit the ground she was searing with pain and more blood came out of her mouth.
The Noahs stood up and panted. "Wisely!" Tyki shouted.
"Nows not the best time." Wisely said as he coughed up blood.
"How could she be doing this?" Tryde asked.
"The innocence is using. It's not really Kumari fighting." Lulubell said, staring at her hands.
"You think?" Tyki asked.
Mightra sighed and then started walking towards Kumari who was now in the center of the dome. His legs then turned into a tail and soon he was a giant snake. He wrapped himself around Kumari and her eyes widened. She tried to create fire, but it wasn't strong enough to hurt him and the wind didn't do anything She didn't want to try the lightning afraid of what happened last time and shifting the ground didn't help. More pressure was put on her body and she felt like her inside would pop out of her. She looked up at the sky as he hands loosened and her body went limp, giving up on her. Mightra hissed and brought his head closer to her. He head bobbled to the sides and he blew the hair out of the way. He opened his mouth and hissed. His huge fangs showed and he bit into her neck. Her eyes, which had closed, opened and she screamed until her voice died. The poison which had been injected into her body caused her to go numb and her eyes drooped.
Mightra dropped her and her body fell. To her it felt like forever until she hit the hard, cold ground. She stared at the dirt and her vision blurred. The pain in her body was immense and she couldn't move. Not even twitch. If she did she couldn't feel it. She closed her eyes and she felt someone kick her arm and a sharp object was put to her throat. She opened her eyes despite them feeling heavier than anything she could think of. She looked at Lulubell who grabbed her arm, but as she tried to reach for the innocence Kumari somehow started moving, causing her to stop from shock. She stood up on her feet and when she looked up at Lulubell, face to face, and then a small devilishly smile formed. The two were enclosed by fire and wind. Ice crawled up her feet, but when Lulubell looked down, it was ice. It felt like it, but it was stone. She tried to move her feet but couldn't.
Everyone watched in horror as Lulubell disappeared from sight with Kumari in another solid dome, but then a scream was heard. And it wasn't Kumari. Lulubell came flying out and was thrown into Tyki. The small fire/ earth dome tumbled and Kumari looked limp as she stood, hunched over. The blood from the two fang holes dripped down her neck and face. Some down her arm. SHe raised a hand to her face and stood up straight. She looked like a lunitic! Only, without the minacial laugh, but the crazed eyes, the small devilish smile. The light on her gloves got extremely darker and the coloring in her face was slightly changing. She looked pale. In pain. Her lips trembled as if to say something or try, but then anger flashed angain. She turned her head to stare at the Noahs who were already on guard.
Kumari brought her hand down her face and she gazed at the blood on her hands. It smelled funny. Her hands dropped to her side and she turned towards the Noahs. Just like Lavi with his stamps, a few marks formed on her arms, legs, and face. Five marks. One on her forehead, one on each arm, one on each leg. Each element, but once this happened she fell to her knees and it seemed like all her energy faded. She pulled her head back and stared at the sky and blood came from her eyes now. The marks disappeared, but nothing happened. Her innocence was still activated, but then she moved her head forward and held it. Despite the blood coming from her body, that wasn't what worried them. All five elements had their own marks somewhere in the dome. Kumari was still in the dead center and for each element the huge mark shone a color. Blue for water. Green for earth. Red for fire. Gray for wind. Purple for lightning. They formed a colum and then the area around them darkened except for those light. "Stop. . . . . . . stop. . . . . . . . .can't stop. . . . . . . . .must stop. . . . . . . . .can't kill. . . . . . .can't. . . . .can't. . . . .can't." Kumari mumbled.
Kumari started floating in the air and she kept mumbling something and the glow of her innocence finally hit black. "Kumari!" Lenalee shouted.
Kumari's blood start swerving in the air around her and tears ran down her face. Marks started to form up from her hand and al over her body and she closed her eyes, but gritted her teeth. She tried to take her gloves off, finally coming back to reality, but the gloves wouldn't come off. Her sai was beneath her feet and she tried to reach for it, but she went further up in the air. She dug her nail under her skin and tried to pull the gloves off that way, but it was no use. They were stuck. In fact, they dug so far into her skin, they touch her bones. Wind surrounded her body and it got really bad that you couldn't see her for a moment. The earth under her came up and formed a few pillars and encircled her. Rocks and crystals came out and spiked from them. They started to close in on her and Kumari no longer moved. She stared at her friends, ready to pass out. Flames overwhelmed her and created a sphere that was incomplete. Then the same thing happened with the water, but it was in the fire and smaller. The lightning mark appeared under Kumari and realization hit everyone. The light got brighter then it struck Kumari. A blood curdling scream came from her as they all formed together and hit her all at once. Stunning everyone.
"KUMARI!" Lenalee screamed and Lavi hugged her, hiding his face in her shoulder, not wanting to look at the scene.
Everyone in the Order dropped whatever they had and stared at the huge screen in front of them. Did Kumari's innocence. . . .just kill her? When the light vanished Kumari fell to the ground very hard and her innocence deactivated, but the dome didn't disappear. Lenalee was pounding, kicking, doing whatever she could to get in, but it was useless. No matter what they did they couldn't get in. "Kumari! Kuamri open your eyes! Kumari!" Lavi shouted.
Kumari's hands twitched, but her head didn't move. Nor did her eyes open. The wind blew by and the Noahs stood in front of her, bloodied and beatened. Tyki bent down and took her gloves off. He took a few steps back and stared at Kumari. "After what just happened, it would be hard to believe this isn't the heart." Tryde said.
"Destroy it Tyki."
All the Noahs turned their heads around to stare at the rest of the Noah family. The other Noahs back away from Tyki, but just as he was about to destroy it, he heard something. He stared at Kumari with wide eyes. "No way." Tyki whispered.
Kumari opened her eyes and forced herself to stand up. She had her sais in her hands, but no one came over to help Tyki. "I told you. . . . . . . I will not give you. . . . . my innocence!" Kumari shouted.
"How could you say that after it just tried to kill you?" Tyki asked, holding her fist after he threw the sais out of his hands.
"Because my father trusted it to me!" Kumari shouted as tears ran down her face. "They were his pride and joy. His life. His honor. His heart and soul. He told me I had to protect it with everything! If not. . . . if not. . . . I can not honor his last wish. His last request that he gave to his only child. Only family! As long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is in my chest, I will fight!" Kumari screamed.
Tyki stared at her, shocked at what she said. "You would give your own life over some pathetic gloves that holds the despicable innocnece? He didn't even know what they really were. That is pitiful." Tyki told her.
"He knew more than I did. He told me I wasn't ready to have such a powerful thing. I was too young and foolish. I didn't know right from wrong. I let him down as his daughter! He didn't even want a daughter! He spoiled me and treated me like his prized possesion, but I was far from it. He used me and my feelings, my trust in him as my father, my idol, and the only person that understood, to continued the duty of the Recul family bloodline! Sometimes, I would stop and think if he really loved me and even still, with that thought that he didn't, I can't disappoint him." Kumari said as she went flying to the dome.
She still fought back, but Tyki didn't even try. Kumari was still crying though and he was intrigued by her. "I was always kept inside, being protected. Thought of as a demon because of my eyes. Yet my father was a damn General for all wars! He was never home, but I loved him more than anything. When I heard he died I cried and I cried. Then the Earl came when my mother left on a trip for a day." Kumari said, panting.
The Earl smiled, remembering that day. Kumari stared at the ground, full of guilt and self pity. "They say the people who turn their loved ones into an akuma is a monster. Foolish and just as bad as you Noahs. I was just a kid. Not even ten years of age who felt like she had nothing in life. I was always locked up in the house. My father was the only one that let me roamed freely! And when the Earl came. . . . . . I wasn't strong enoough to say no." Kumari shouted as she attacked again.
"What?" Kanda whispered.
Kumari went flying into the dome's wall again, but came running back. "I killed him! He may have been an akuma, but it's different when you know and love the person more than you do your own life. It also hurts when you lose someone twice!" Kumari said and more tears came down her face.
"I must fight. I have to fight. I have to protect the last thing in life he trusted to me! If not then not only am I a failure as an exorcist, but a daughter!" Kumari said as she reached for the gloves.
Tyki smirked and phased his hand through her chest and wrapped his hand around her heart. He squeezed and she screamed. Her eyes were still on the gloves though. "Everyone always talks good about me, but I can't see that. I could never see that to it's fullest until every last one of you Noahs are dead!" KUmari shouted.
"You talk so brave for a girl in your position." Tyki told her.
He let her go and she collasped to her knees. She stood up and stared at the gloves. "I promised him. I promised Father. I can't let down the only person who loved me because. . . . . . because I wasn't a weapon in war for him." Kumari mumbled.
"Kumari?" Lenalee whispered.
"I don't care if the innocence rejects me. I don't care if I become a fallen one. As long as I'm. . . . . . I'm with. . . . just give them back!" Kumari screamed, lunging forward.
Tyki was startled by the sudden energy that came from Kumari. How could she still fight? Instead on getting weaker she was getting stronger. His feet started to go back then went in the ground. He stared at Kumari and her eyes glowed. He felt his hand burn and stared at the innocence. It was glowing. The light flickered, but she was trying to activate it. "I hate this stupid war, but I will not let you take my innocence!" Kumari screamed and Tyki went backwards some more.
"Determination. Even for someone in your position. Intriguing." Earl said.
Tyki continued to dodge Kumari's attacks with ease, but everytime she went soaring she came right back. "You're getting on my nerves girl." Tyki said.
Kumari still eyed the gloves. 'When you get my gloves, protect them with you life.'
'Why Father? Aren't they just some really soft gloves?'
'No. They're speacial beyond compare. Our family has protected them with our lives for a long time. And when your time comes I ask you cherish them despite the pain they might bring.'
'Anything for you Father. Anything.'
'You have such amazing talents Kumari. I bet if your gradfather could see you he would be proud.'
'Even though I was a girl and not a boy?'
'Yes. That may have been a disappointment, but I love you. More than I would have loved a son.'
'Father, are demons real?'
'Afraid so. There is so much darkness in this world. So much that not even I can tell it all. That's what our family is here for. To rid the world of evil. One day, you will understand this.'
Kumari gritted her teeth and kicked Tyki, but it did more damage to her leg than him. She put all of her body pressure on her right foot and kept the left one up in the air a bit. Her eyes widened and she coughed up some blood and held her side as the glow on the innocence got brighter. Tyki glanced at the innocence and smirked. "You are a fool. It no longer wants you." Tyki said as he hit her.
Kumari got right back up and held her sais up. "Even still, I can not let you destroy it."
"If Kumari created this dome, then how come it hasn't vanished yet?" Lavi queried, hitting it.
"I think she still has the innocence activated." Allen said, pointing at the faint glow.
"Why won't you just give up!" Tyki shouted.
Kumari grabbed his wrist and panted. She stared at the ground and you could tell she was still in pain. She was pushing past her limits and she was going to kill herself if she continued this. "Why don't we just finish this." Mightra hissed as he took the form of a snake again.
Kumari stared at him as he came along and threw her up in the air then ate her. "Kumari!" Marie shouted.
Mightra's mouth started to open a little and Kumari jumped out and landed on the ground. She wiped his saliva off and stared at Tyki. "Where is she getting her powers from? She doesn't even have her innocence on her." Road said.
Kumari slowly walked back toTyki with her head down. She was about to fall and she grabbed his hair. He stared at her, bored. She raised her sai to hit him, but then she suddenly let go of it. It dropped to the ground and she trembled. The other sai slipped from her hand and her grip on Tyki loosened. Tyki took a step backwards and she struggled to stand as he left her grasp. Tryde smirked and threw his sword at her. Shakily, her hands took it out of her stomach and she looked like she was going to faint as she dropped it. She picked up her sais and then, surprisingly, she used one of them to pierce her shoulder. It wasn't just her blood that came out though. It was the poison that had been injected into her body earlier. She balanced herself out and attacked Tyki again. "Master, can I?" Lulubell asked.
"Yes Lulubell." Earl answered.
Lulubell's arms turned to whips and she encircled Kumari's body with them. She raised her up in the air, but did nont do anything else, but squeeze her to death. Kumari struggled with all her might and it was more might that she should have. Once again, her sais slipped from her hands and fell onto the ground. "Sturggling is futile." Lulubell told her.
Kumari didn't listen. She just stared at her innocnece as the gloves disinergrated. She stopped moving as Tyki's hand crushed it. A small wind blew by and the dust particles blew by her. Her face fell and unwillingly, more tears ran down her face. The dome did not break though. Lulubell released Kumari and she slowly fell downwards again. When she landed on the ground she didnn't give any sign on standing up. She tried to hide her face and her nails bled as they dug into the ground. Her hand reached for her sai and she used what energy she had left and sat up on her knees. She held the sai in her hands then pointed it at herself. She put it under her chin and closed her eyes. "Kumari!" her friends shouted.
"What is she doing?" Road asked.
"This took a big U turn." Sheryl said, staring at Kumari.
Just Kumari was about to kill herself, her hands stopped. She didn't know why though. She felt someone put their hands on her own. She opened her eyes, but saw no one. She tried to move her hands, but couldn't. She couldn't move her arms. "Stop Kumari. Death is not the answer. You were made for greatness in this life. Do not give up now."
Kumari looked around, but couldn't find the person that said that. She heard it before, but from where? "Who. . . said that?" Kumari said, barely above a whisper.
"That is a question only you yourself can answer. Kumari, giving up now will only let yourself down and your father."
Just as the person said that her father's image flashed in front of her. His hands were on hers. His warm, loving hands. "Fa. . . ther?" Kumari muttered.
"He has been here with you all along. Spirit. Soul. Heart. Mind. All but body. He has been with you all these years."
Kumari stared at the ground as the hands moved. She was now in her father embrace. A hug from her father. The hug that she needed so many times, but never could and now, more than ten year later, she has finally got it. Her hands fell to her knees as she tried to stop the tears. "Kumari, you must not give up. You said you must fight and you will. You told them you would not let them destroy your inncoence. So don't let them." her father's voice whispered in her ear.
"But it has already been destroyed." Kumari uttered.
"No it hasn't." father told her.
Her eyes went wide. How could it not be destroyed? Then again, the dome was still up. Why would it be up if her innocence had been destroyed. "Look around you. Tyki may have crushed it, but it's still here." father told her.
Kumari raised her head and looked arond. The dust. It was still in the air. Moving and turning. Circling. "But it rejected me." Kumari whispered.
"Try again. Remember that I'm always here with you. If you need me I'll be here. I couldn't be any prouder of you my child." Father said and disappeared.
Kumari closed her eyes. What was she suppose to do? Kumari grabbed her sais and stood up. A small smile graced her lips and she, nonchalantly, stared at the Noahs. They all came hopeing her innocence was the Heart. What did they think? Was it? "Kumari?" Komui whispered.
She suddenly felt a jolt of energy course through her veins and she pointed her sai at Tyki. Her stare became bitter. "You killed Yeager and Daisya." Kumari stated.
"You're next." Tyki said.
"Far from it." Kumari muttered.
"Go for it!" Father shouted.
Kumari started running towards Tyki and everyone watched, stunned. "What is she thinking?" Lavi shouted.
The innocenece stopped moving for a minute then all rushed towards Kumari. Tyki moved to the side, but then his eyes widened as a big cut appeared on his chest. He stepped away from her as a strange aura came off of her. It was just like Allen in the ark, but so different. He looked at her hands that started bleeding. Kumari gulped something down her throat and no one saw anything, but Lenalee had an idea with what was going on. A lot of blood came from Kumari's hands then froze, forming a shape. Two seconds later it glowed and created to bracelets on her wrists which then turned into gloves. "I'm going to kill you Tyki." Kumari said and her eyes glowed again.
Komui stood up out of his chair and his eyes widened. The memory of Lenalee's innocence doing that same exact thing when HQ was under attack from the first level four. "This time though, I'm using my own powers and not the one being forced on me." Kumari said and attacked Tyki who went soaring.
"She's a. . . . crystal type." Krowley said.
Kumari went to hit Tyki again, but the ground underneath them started shifting and instead of creating a crater, the ground shattered! Lenalee remebered how strong she had become when she first became a crystal type. She wasn't even trying at first and she nearly destroyed the building, but managed to hold back her power. Kumari was trying though. Tyki hacked and a lot of blood came ouot of his mouth. He fell to his knees and if it weren't fro the battle earlier then maybe he would have some energy. He stoo dback up and continued to fight with Kumari though. "There's one thing that doesn't make sense." Bookman mumbled.
Lavi stared at him, stopping his pounding on the dome. "Her innocence was destroyed unlike Lenalee's at HQ. It did the same thing Allen's innocence did after Tyki destroyed it, but then turned into crstal type after she became a parasite for a brief moment. Why would it do that?" Bookman said.
Tryde stopped Kumari from killing Tyki, but his sword started cracking. She wasn't even using any of the elements. He gritted his teeth as his feet started slipping and he went flying into a boulder. He opened his eyes and Kumari came falling from the sky and hit him in the stomach. She jumped away and targeted Tyki again, but her was able to get his tease out and they surrounded her completely and bit her. She burned them, but then Mightra wrapped himself around her again and bit her neck again. This time he injected more poison and he made sure Kumari couldn't move. It actually didn't take that long. Her body didn't heal or get that much energy when her innocence regenerated. She was still just as weak, but her innocence gave her more power. Kumari moaned from pain and her body went numb again. She closed her eyes and her innocence deactivated, but the dome still stayed. Once again, she dropped her sais as Mightra released her causing her to fall to the ground. This time, she didn't get up.
"Damn it. Just break!" Kanda shouted, continuing to hit the dome with Mugen.
Tryde was about to kill Kumari when something hit him and he flew into the small group that came to fight Kumari in the first place. Kumari opened her eyes, but her vision was too blurry. She couldn't see who it was, but it wasn't a human. Then it growled and picked Kumari up. Her sais were placed back in their holster. She felt warm, comfy, cozy. "Ches. . . ter?" Kumari whispered.
"Kumari, just relax. Deactivate your inncoence. It's still glowing. Faint, but the dome is still up and to get you somewhere safe it needs to disappear." Chester said.
"How can. . . . . you talk?" Kumari asked.
Chester turned his head around and nudged her head. She couldn't see that he was now ten times his old size. He was a tiny pup. His collar extended though. It was practically choking him, but he didn't care. He moved her hands to his collar and Kumari understood. She did her best to grip it. "Innocence." Chester said softly.
"Where were you hiding? How come I didn't hurt you?" Kumari questioned.
"I was underground." Chester told her as he stared at the Noahs.
"I can't move." Kumari told him.
"That's because of the poison and your innocence is still draining all of your energy. You need to concentrate on it and deactivate it." Chester told her.
Kumari focused on her hands and soon pressure on her body disappeared, but then she could feel the poison wholely. The blood bracelets jingled as they hit each other and the dome made of water collapsed, soaking everyone. The rain poured then Chester bit Tyki who tried to take Kumari from him. He ran over to the other exorcists and just as the Noahs were about to attack, the ark door opened. "We've had enough fun for today. Let's go. We'll have to try another day." Earl told them.
"Chester? Is that really you?" Lenalee asked.
"We need to get Kumari to town. She's going to die." Chester responded, staring at Kumari.
"Right. Let's go." Lavi said as he activated his hammer. "Here, I can get there before anyone else. Give her to me."
"I can get there much faster." Chester said.
"I don't think the villagers will take too kindly to a giant dog with a half dead human on it and can talk." Lavi retorted.
Chester reluctantly handed Lavi Kumari and ran along beside him and the golem flapped beside them. The others ran after them and on the way they destroyed a few stray akuma. "Does this mean she can still be the heart Komui?" Lenalee murmured, talking to herself.